μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Bat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basket.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animal rescuer or retriever. · view the constellation · filed as B542.1.2

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“A deliverer was sent to them in the person of Jonayafyin, the son of the old woman who lives in the West, and the second wife of the Sun. She divided her time between the Sun and the Water-fall, and by the latter bore a second son, named Ko- bachischini, who remained with his mother while his brother went forth to battle with the enemies of mankind. In four days Jonayafyin grew to manhood,™ then he asked his mother where the Elk lived.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 43 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • N. Am. IndianThompson Tales 318 n. 151b, Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 95.
Within the index

Filed under Bird flies with man to safety.

Filed beside it
Eagle carries man to safetyMeasuring worm rescues from a height
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-godRoc. A giant bird which carries off men in its clawsHelpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350Grateful animalsHelpful wild beasts – felidaeAnimal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned childMagic footwearMagic arrowMagic ballMagic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.)Miraculous speed from magic objectMagic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.)

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